NBCNews, from Reuters: A series of bomb attacks killed at least 22 people across Iraq on Monday, part of the country’s worst wave of violence in around five years. At least 16 people died and 41 others were injured when a suicide … Continue reading
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‘Double-Tap’ Drone Attacks Kill 50 Innocent for Every One Terrorist
A “double-tap” is a term for a hitman’s strike: one bullet in the heart and then one in the head to make sure the target is dead. Jerome Taylor for The Independent: More and more, while the overall frequency of strikes … Continue reading
Bomb Attack Foiled at Marian Shrine in Indonesia
There has been a rise in anti-western Islamic fundamentalism in Indonesia, as in the Mid-East. In a country that is 88% Moslem, vast majority Sunni, Christians will be in grave danger there. If these bombs, made by someone expert in … Continue reading
Al Qaeda in Iraq Threatens to Make Rivers of Blood of Christians
Calling the pope “the hallucinating tyrant of the Vatican” the Islamic State of Iraq website spewed forth threats of “destruction” upon Christians and all others who do not join their jihad. Catholic Online reports: Catholics, other Christians, other people of … Continue reading
Terrorists Bomb Four Baghdad Churches, Kill Seven Injure Thirty
CNA reports: More than 40 people were killed or injured in renewed attacks on Christians in Baghdad on Sunday. Shortly after 7:00 on Sunday evening, a car bomb exploded in front of the gates of St. Mary’s Chaldean Catholic Church … Continue reading
Saint Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916)
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the winter, 2002, issue of our magazine, under the title, “Venerable Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916).” In the intervening time — on Sunday, 13 November, 2005 — Pope Benedict XVI beatified our subject. Later, Brother … Continue reading
India: Meet The Real Terrorists
(The following comes from a poster on the Konkani Catholics e-group on Yahoo. We are publishing it here to bring attention to the plight of Indian Christians subjected to this barbarity. It is supplied to us via a Tertiary who … Continue reading
